Flying toy



0. H. ELLER. FLYING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOVAZZ, 1919- 1,385,073,- Patented July 19,1921.

VENTOR A TTORNE Y umreo STA orroii. ELLnR, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLYING TOY.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ono H. ELLER, a citizen of the United 'States, residing in the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Flying Toys, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such aS will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make, construct, and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, forming a part ofthisspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in flying toys; and the object of my invention is to provide a device of exceedingly simple, eflicie'nt and inexpensive construction, Which in addition to being used as a flying toy may be used as a spinning top.

My present invention therefore consists in the novel construction of a flying toy and top embodying the principles herein above mentioned, and. of a, character to be more fully described in the specification. Thls invention consists furthermore in the several novel arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of construction of the same, all of which will be herein set forth and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which are appended to this specification.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all of the views.

Figure 1 represents, a side elevation of the flying toy emboding my invention.

Fig. 2 represents, a sectional elevation.

Fig. 3 represents, a side elevation of the device when used as a spinning top, and

Fig. 4 represents, a plan view of the apertured disk provided with diametrically oppositely arranged teeth.

In the drawings, 1 represents a barrel provided with a longitudinally arranged bore for the reception of the spirally wound spring 2 one end of which is secured in any desired or convenient manner to the lower end of the barrel as at 3 and the upper or free end of the spring is provided with a vertical ofl'set at which extends slightly above the upper end of the barrel 1.

Secured to the top of said barrel in any desired or convenient manner, as for in- Specification of Letters Patent. Application ifile'ii November 22, 1919.

Patented July Serial No. esasoe.

sides are'sl0tted and th slots 1s thrown up so as to provide diametrithe rod 9 to be presently described.

The rod 9 which through the spring 2 is adapted to :treely secured to its upper enda head 10.

On the upper side of the head 10 are secured two diametrically oppositely arranged pinsor studs "12 designed to engage with suitable apertures (not shown) in the propeller l lwhichser've to' positio'n the propeller on said head. When the, device is to be used the spring is wound'up by grasping the barrel 1 in one hand and turning the head 10 with the This causes the rod 9 is held in the right relation to the barrel and the spring held wound up by means of the pm 8 which engages with the teeth 7-7 on the apertured disk 6.

To project the device and cause the propeller to fly the operator simply pushes up sllghtly with his thumb or finger on the free end of the rod 9, in the direction indlcated by the arrow, Fig. 1, which projects through the lower end of the barrel, thus causing the pin 8 to clear the teeth 7-7 and the rip-turned end 4 of the spring 2, thus causing the spring to give a quick impulse to the rod 9, with its attached head and propeller and rapidly to rotate it, thereby releasing the propeller from the pins 12 permitting the same to grip the air and rise.

,When the toy is intended to be used as a top, instead of a flying toy, the propeller is discarded and the conical head 15 is substituted therefor. The conical head is provided on its under side with apertures designed to receive the pins l212 of the head 10, and is further provided with a stem 16 designed to fit into the aperture 17 of the head 10. In this manner the conical head 15 is removably'secured upon the head 10. After the toy has been wound up in the manner above described, the same instead of being held upwardly into the air, is turned downwardly so that when the rod 9 with its attached parts is released from the barrel mechanic, and

' longitudinally cient one, and While I have shown tlie pre ferred embodiment of my present invention,

Ido notxwish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as obvious modifications thereof, not involving the exercise of invention, as for instance changing the configurations or hapes of the various parts maybe madeby any skilled such departures fromwhatis herein set forth,I consider within thescope and terms ofmyclaims. l .o 7

Having thus fully described my invention; what I desire; to secure by LettersPatent, 1s:- a Y 1 1. An. apparatus of the kind described, comprising a barrel provided with a longitudinally arranged bore, a spiral spring l0- cated within the bore of said barrel,'one1end of which is secured to one end of-said barrel and the other end otwhich extends above the other end ofsaid barrel, a rod provided with'a head at oneend,,said rod extending through the spring and barrel and adapted to turn looselytherein, diametrically oppositely arranged pins secured in the: said head, a propeller provided with plns,

above described is a highly eiflapertures desi ned to be engaged by said detachably secured to said head,'an aperturedd-isk provided with diametrically oppositely arranged teeth secured to the top of't'he barrel, a pin passing through the rod andglocated below the head to be engaged by thesaid teeth on the apertured disk. 7

2. An apparatus-of. the kind described, comprising a barrel provided with a longitudinally arranged bore, a spring located within the bore of said barrel, one end of which is secured to one end of said barrel and the other end of which extends above the other end of said barrel, a rod provided with a headat one end and a pin passing through therod and locatedbelow said head, said rod extending longitudinally through the spring and barrel and adapted to turn loosely therein, an apertured disk provided with diametrically oppositely arranged teeth secured to the top of the barrel to be engaged by the said pin on the rod and means at the upper ,end of the rod for detachably engagingjafiying projectile. e

his. speclfication signed and witnessed this 13th day of November 1919. v OTTO HPELLER. i Witnesses: V e V EDWARD A. Grrr, FREDK G FIsoHnR. 

